page_title: Sagina subulata
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Sagina subulata / Description
caption_attribution_description: Sagina subulata
context_page_description: Sagina subulata is a species of Sagina, native to Europe, from Iceland south to Spain, and east to southern Sweden and Romania. It occurs on dry sandy or gravelly soils.
context_section_description: Heath pearlwort is a low-growing prostrate perennial plant forming a thick, dense mat with stems less than 10 cm long, and slender subulate (awl-shaped) leaves up to 1 cm long. The flowers are 4–5 mm diameter, with five white petals the same length as the green sepals; they are produced singly on erect stems 2–4 cm long. The seeds are smooth, brown, triangular shaped, 0.4–0.5 mm, produced in a capsule 2.5–3 mm long.
caption: Sagina subulata is commonly cultivated in walkways between paving stones
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